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· 4/26/2024

Baez v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “an error of state law is not a violation of due process.”
  • holding that “an error of state law is not a violation of due process.”
  • finding that zoning decisions made by a city council require no notice or hearing in general, but noting in dicta that some due process may be required for actions against a specific individual
  • explaining “a contract to buy something is not tantamount to ownership of the thing” for purposes of a property interest
  • finding no violation of substantive due process where the manner in which a city council effectuated a deprivation of property “may have violated state law”
  • no deprivation of procedural due pro cess where plaintiff has “ample notice” and two hearings before zoning decision

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